Severe Winter Weather, Snow/Ice - Sun 25th Feb (Onwards) ** READ MOD NOTE POST #1 **

KingdomRushed

Deleted User wrote: »

So it's Orange for the East coast only. Was hoping to see some form of warning for the rest of the country just so that people would start to appreciate that this is more than just a little cold. The way people in work are going on, until people are dying in the street they won't pay heed.

But you are in Galway, what is there to pay heed to? I'm not being adversarial for the sake of it, I just wonder what it is there needs heed paid to in Galway?

HighLine

joes girls wrote: »

It is in the yellow warning, disappointed its not in the orange

Yeah just saw the update where it was given a yellow. Again.. surprised it's not included in the orange.

q85dw7osi4lebg

Check out that streamer train in the English channel!

Xenji

KingdomRushed wrote: »

But you are in Galway, what is there to pay heed to? I'm not being adversarial for the sake of it, I just wonder what it is there needs heed paid to in Galway?

Low temperature warning, one was issued nationwide for last night, I assume similar will be issued later today.

dave1982

Light rain drizzle cobh

KingdomRushed

KingdomRushed wrote: »

But you are in Galway, what is there to pay heed to? I'm not being adversarial for the sake of it, I just wonder what it is there needs heed paid to in Galway?

The simple fact that Galway is going to see temperatures drop massively over the next couple of days. We may not see torrents of snow but we will still see issues arising from the low temperatures, the kind of low in which people freeze to death on the streets. It's better that people are made aware of the possibility if it means that they check in on older neighbours.

DominoDub

Some great pics on Twitter of the snow in Rome

That reminds me I must charge up the Gopro for some Timelapse vids

KingdomRushed

Deleted User wrote: »

The simple fact that Galway is going to see temperatures drop massively over the next couple of days. We may not see torrents of snow but we will still see issues arising from the low temperatures, the kind of low in which people freeze to death on the streets. It's better that people are made aware of the possibility if it means that they check in on older neighbours.

OK fair enough, I am sure something will be issued later on if temps are forecast to drop low enough to warrant it.

Could Cork still be ugraded to Orange for Wed/Thur?

Tzardine

DominoDub wrote: »

Some great pics on Twitter of the snow in Rome

That reminds me I must charge up the Gopro for some Timelapse vids

I have the drone fully charged and ready to go. Hoping to get some good shots

Cantona's Collars

HighLine wrote: »

Seems strange that Wexford is not included or at least be under a yellow.

They still think that in the Sunny South East it's 25c and we are all drinking cocktails.

Sky's are steel grey here but for a change the clouds aren't rolling in from the south west.

ArmaniJeanss

WhiteRoses wrote: »

You're kidding, is it that bad over there? I'm due to go on Wednesday

Theres a great slideshow on the dailyexpress, some pretty images of the famous sites with snow.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/924058/Snow-Rome-Italy-snow-Vatican-city-pictures

It doesn't actually look too bad comparatively, probably just that the local authorities aren't used to it.

foxyladyxx

Snowing here in Sandymount. Light flurries. looks harmless at the moment.

jdcv94

I live on high ground in Wexford near the Wicklow border, can I be orange too? .

Seriously though I think Wexford is a bit of a battleground for the warnings. I think Gorey will be orange but the likes of Wexford Town/New Ross could be yellow and they won out for the county.

Larbre34

Tzardine wrote: »

I have the drone fully charged and ready to go. Hoping to get some good shots

I was thinking that this morning, it'll be the first snow with widespread drone ownership, should be some epic footage. Get your personalised crimbo cards shot this week lads, a nice overhead of your 3-bed semi under a drift to send to 'Merica!

Sam Quentin

Tabnabs wrote: »

Could. You. Imagine!

I got disappointed....... YEAH UNTIL I noticed they changed the scale from last nights cm to inches".... I'm back on track now

snowgal

Im looking forward to seeing some pretty flakes in the coming days. By the sounds of things The Emergency meeting-NECG are well prepared and ready for this. We've enough snow ploughs and salt to keep the country moving. I think its going to be good for both sides, lots of snow for snowbunnies like me! but also enough supplies for the country to keep moving. A win win??

gluppers

snaps wrote: »

This morning here in southern Poland was a record breaking morning for late Feb. -26.2c officially recorded.

I have to laugh at the media hype in the UK. It's embarrassing.....

Did you get snow though?

joes girls

Lord i cant stop looking out the window already, i will have a repetitive strain injury at this rate of going:D

gawker

Moderate sleet starting to fall here in Grand Canal, Dublin.

adam240610

Bit of sleet starting in UCD now, bitterly cold compared to two hours ago

q85dw7osi4lebg

Showers pepping up a bit now off Louth coast.

Bobeagleburger

snaps wrote: »

This morning here in southern Poland was a record breaking morning for late Feb. -26.2c officially recorded.

I have to laugh at the media hype in the UK. It's embarrassing.....

I get what you're saying but snow and very cold conditions are pretty common place in Poland. The UK & Ireland, not as much. But yeah, the media lap it up. It sells papers and gets clicks!

Joad

This thread is fascinating! I hope that this isn't an annoying question, but my wife has till 4pm today to make a call on whether to go ahead with a weekly activity that takes place every Tuesday in Naas, and involves over fifty 60-90 year old people making their way to Naas town centre.

It takes place from 11-1pm, so travel to and from would take place from 10am to 2pm for most. She understands that rain/sleet is expected later in the afternoon for our region, but due to increased fall risk for the demographic, she is concerned about ice.

Bottom line is, if she goes ahead most will still come as they hate to miss it, so she feels a weight of responsibility to make a call.

TL;DR: Will conditions be icy in Naas between 10am and 2pm tomorrow, Tuesday?

The Bishop Basher

Drumpot wrote: »

Early on in these threads you have the “bet it just gets a bit wet” dismissive posters.

Well in as far as snow on east coast goes, they've all been correct on every occasion for the last 7 years..

And that's despite some seriously hyped events that ended up being just a bit wet..

People are always going to be skeptical, it's healthy.. I stopped looking at these threads altogether cause as a snow lover i had a pain in me hoop having my dreams dashed over and over again..

That's why i asked earlier on this thread if there was any reason that this was different.. I got a reaction.. That's ok. People get excited..

Some of this stuff in this thread is nuts with the amount of prepping people do. It's simple enough.. Don't go out and if you do, don't drive up any mountains. Check on any elderly neighbours, make sure they have all they need.

If you live up a mountain you already know what to do.

I'm 44 and now that this is a certainty i'm like an excited kid for the next few days..

Bring on those streamers..

seamus

Really light, almost imperceptible stuff falling in D16. Almost more like a light snow-mist. The flakes hit the ground and just vanish, not even a drop of water left behind.

Some of this stuff in this thread is nuts with the amount of prepping people do.

I guess it depends on your situation. In 2010 we ended up walking 2km through the snow to the nearest supermarket (along with half the neighbours) because the local Spar had basically sold out of most stuff.

When you don't live up a mountain, but you're also not within spitting distance of shops or other amenities, then this is a twice-a-decade event and you'll inevitably need to do some prepping.

asteroids over berlin

when are people leaving for New your public library? Not looking forward to it, going to be a hard 3 hour walk from Dublin! Stay safe all

Duggie2012

Guys from reading as much as i can on it seems we might escape the snow in connacht (im in sligo). What do ye reckon as i do not want to see snow again.

Dickerty

asteroids over berlin wrote: »

when are people starting to leaving for New york public library? Not looking forward to it, going to be a hard 3 hour walk from Dublin! Stay safe all

In retrospect, that was a poor choice! They should have stayed in the rich kids penthouse!

Larbre34

After clouding over and a flurry or two here in Dun Laoghaire, in the middle of the harbour its 2.9C, DP -4C (!!) and just 61% humidity, the air is the dryest Ive ever noticed in Ireland, I nipped out for a coffee and all the spit in my mouth evaporated, feels very weird.

Incidentally, if there isn't 25.7 inches of snow precisely on the top of the Wicklow mountains, who do I complain to?!